Waves V14 is Finally Here! Hooray!

[toffo]

Just a word of warning for Cubase users; the spec requirements on the Waves website says 14 is only compatible with Cubase 12. I’m happy to stick with V13 and Cubase 11.

Can anyone confirm if v14 does not work at all with Cubase 11?

Yeah cos I'm lying and just making stuff up

Whoa, settle down there, sport. He's not saying you're lying, he is asking to confirm whether the information that Waves has provided is accurate.

[pixel85]

Shocking news!!!! v14 works fine in C11

[v1o]

Just a word of warning for Cubase users; the spec requirements on the Waves website says 14 is only compatible with Cubase 12. I’m happy to stick with V13 and Cubase 11.

Can anyone confirm if v14 does not work at all with Cubase 11?

Yeah cos I'm lying and just making stuff up

I know you weren't lying. I upgraded plugins that still had WUP without seeing the new requirements. So I was asking if v14 plugins run in C11 even though Waves doesn't support that version officially.

Like Pixel85 said it likely just means they didn't test other versions of Cubase, but in practice there shouldn't be any change to how VSTs are handled by the DAW.

[ramseysounds]

Shocking news!!!! v14 works fine in C11

Until it goes wrong and Waves wash their hands of any issues because their website says it won't

[pixel85]

Shocking news!!!! v14 works fine in C11

Until it goes wrong and Waves wash their hands of any issues because their website says it won't

They already did. This is why you have written information about supported DAWs / OS / etc. on Waves website and (I'm pretty sure that) any website of software available to download.
It still doesn't change the fact that there's no reason for Waves v14 to not work in older versions of Cubase... on Windows anyway (I don't care about Mac users and their never-ending compatibility issues).

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Shocking news!!!! v14 works fine in C11

Until it goes wrong and Waves wash their hands of any issues because their website says it won't

Yeah, except chances are you'll be 100% fine [on Windows] and it will likely be more stable than prior versions. And if someone does run into issues...well, upgrade your Cubase you lazy sod! The days of "never udpate a stable system" are long gone IMO. Now it's more like, "if you want stability, keep your crap up to date except for bleeding-edge updates [beta versions, Apple Silicon, CLAP as of today]".

[jamcat]

I hope in V47 all the plugins will get high resolution GUIs. But then I'm not sure if i still alive.

SSL EV2 is one of the newest plugins and even it is a bit small at 3456 x 2234, and has a fuzzy background at larger than 100%

But it's not as bad as say, the dbx 160.

[a9k1tp]

Couple of plugins now have hi quality skins. I bet one day they'll do vector graphics. My grandson will be alive to see this happen.

[aMUSEd]

Ran the update - such a complicated update process! Now I have 3 waveshells though - can I delete the 13''s - you would think the installer would have done that

WaveShell1-VST3 13.0.vst3
WaveShell1-VST3 13.4.vst3
WaveShell1-VST3 14.0.vst3

[kidslow]

can I delete the 13''s - you would think the installer would have done that

WaveShell1-VST3 13.0.vst3
WaveShell1-VST3 13.4.vst3
WaveShell1-VST3 14.0.vst3

If you're sure you don't still have any v13 plugins installed, move the v13 waveshell files to the side and see if the v14 plugins still launch. If they do, you can delete the 13s. If you see a problem, move them back.

[cprompt]

Ran the update - such a complicated update process! Now I have 3 waveshells though - can I delete the 13''s - you would think the installer would have done that

WaveShell1-VST3 13.0.vst3
WaveShell1-VST3 13.4.vst3
WaveShell1-VST3 14.0.vst3

Also, run Settings -> Version Organizer from Waves Central first, that does some housework on multiple versions. If it still leaves these older vst3 files then sure, delete them.

[davestretch]

You DO NOT have to WUP your plugins to use 2 machines - just store the Licences on a USB Thumb Drive. Problem solved!

....but they should allow on 2 devices with a regular licence.

[chk071]

I had to install my plugins new on my new computer 2 months ago. The Waves plugins didn't make it, TBH. Old versions, which won't see updates without WUP, the Waves Central, the WavesShell which I don't like... mediocre quality of the plugins. All reasons why the plugins simply didn't make it on the new machine.

Maybe irrelevant to this thread, but, I thought I'd post it anyway. That said, apart from H-Delay, I never bought any of them anyway, they're all freebies (or magware, Elements 2 and Codex).

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

You DO NOT have to WUP your plugins to use 2 machines - just store the Licences on a USB Thumb Drive. Problem solved!

....but they should allow on 2 devices with a regular licence.

That's not as convenient or easy as you're implying.

...yes, they should allow 2 devices with a regular license. Agree with you there.

[MogwaiBoy]

Nice updates but not $200-300 worth of niceness.